diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 9d7bbd8..d742603 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -906,6 +906,11 @@
     # by the compute process.
     configure_console_compute
 
+    # Configure the OVSDB connection for os-vif
+    if [ -n "$OVSDB_SERVER_LOCAL_HOST" ]; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CPU_CONF os_vif_ovs ovsdb_connection "tcp:$OVSDB_SERVER_LOCAL_HOST:6640"
+    fi
+
     if [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'libvirt' ]]; then
         # The group **$LIBVIRT_GROUP** is added to the current user in this script.
         # ``sg`` is used in run_process to execute nova-compute as a member of the